24/06/2025
Kuch raaten likhi nahi jaati... sirf mehsoos ki jaati hain. Uss Shaam ke baad... kuch toota sa laga."
🌺 Shaam ke Baad Kuch Toota Sa
By Jyoti Roy Kapoor
Uss Shaam se pehle sab theek tha.
Laptop chal raha tha.
Coffee thandi ho gayi thi.
Aur main ek aur boring article complete karne wali thi.
Phir... uska message aaya.
Sirf ek lafz: "Yaad aayi?"
Main ruki.
Screen pe uska naam chamka, jaise kisi band patakhe ka dhuaan.
Aur meri saans ek dam se... ruk gayi.
S.
Woh naam nahi, ek raat thi.
Jise main kab ka kaat chuki thi.
Ya socha tha kaat li hai.
Khidki ke baahar baarish shuru ho gayi thi.
Aur mere andar... kuch aur bhi.
Wine ka ek sip liya.
Aur us raat ka ek page khul gaya — jise main kabhi likh nahi payi thi.
Woh pehli baar tha jab kisi aurat ki aankhon mein maine khud ko dekha tha.
Na jaane kaunsi bijli thi uski aankhon mein — main hil gayi thi.
Usne mere baalon ko halka sa chhua… aur bola,
“Tum likhti ho na?”
Main bas haan keh payi thi.
Phir usne kaha —
“Toh mere andar jo sulag raha hai, usse likh do.”
Hum dono ne us raat sirf baatein ki thi.
Aur phir aankhon se, haathon se, saans se…
kuch aur bhi.
Woh chhune ka tareeqa... woh jazbaat...
Na poora tha, na adhoora.
Woh raat likhi nahi gayi thi… jee li gayi thi.
Message delete kar diya maine.
Lekin dil mein ek baar phir se aag lag chuki thi.
Na woh raat gayi thi… na woh chhuna.
Sirf main gayi thi —
shaam ke baad kuch toot kar.
“Kuch jazbaat kabhi khatam nahi hote...
Bas ek shaam, ek chhuan, aur ek khamoshi mein chip jaate hain.”
